harry

English

/hæɹi/, /hæɹi/

verb
Definitions
  • To plunder, pillage, assault.
  • To make repeated attacks on an enemy.
  • To strip, lay waste, ravage.
  • To harass, bother or distress with demands, threats, or criticism.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English herien (celebrate, laud, glorify, praise) inherited from Old English herġian inherited from Proto-Germanic *harjōną (lay waste, plunder, harry, devastate) derived from Proto-Indo-European *koryos, *ker- (army, burn, war, fire, struggle, heat).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ker-

Gloss

army, burn, war, fire, struggle, heat

Concept
Semantic Field

Warfare and hunting

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

火

Emoji
🪖

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